MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
COLORADO ROCKIES AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
05/09/2006
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
COLORADO ROCKIES AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GAME ID: 495 - TUESDAY, MAY 9TH , 2006 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colorado Rockies (15-19) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
St. Louis Cardinals (20-14) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 9 0
Cardinals Roll Rockies, 4-1
St. Louis beat Colorado on the strength of starting pitcher Matt Garza's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 4-1. St. Louis's record now stands at 20-14, placing them second in the NL Central Division.

St. Louis left fielder Melvin Upton Jr. contributed a timely at-bat in the bottom of the second. With two down, he hit a splitter to right field for a 2-run single. It was his 32nd hit of the season and put the Cardinals ahead, 4-1.

"It wasn't a very good day at the ballpark," said Colorado manager Bryan Gryka.
COLORADO BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Roberts 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 3 14
A. Beltre 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .313 4 21
A. Rodriguez SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .341 15 31
M. Byrd LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .343 4 28
B. Abreu RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .313 6 17
C. Barmes 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .226 1 14
M. Jacobs C 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .264 4 16
A. Pagan CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .305 2 21
D. Meiners P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .105 0 2
   a-H. Blalock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 0 5
   A. Arias P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   L. Pena P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1 0 7 8      
a - H. Blalock pinch hit for D. Meiners in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Abreu (4, 4th Inning off M. Garza, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Roberts , A. Rodriguez , B. Abreu 3 , C. Barmes 2 , M. Jacobs , A. Pagan
2-out RBI: B. Abreu
Hit by Pitch: A. Rodriguez , M. Byrd
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Rodriguez-Barmes-Roberts)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
I. Suzuki RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .328 0 11
M. Caruso 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .238 1 7
M. Upton Jr. LF 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 .269 3 12
J. Mather 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .256 2 12
A. Machado SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .278 4 14
M. Negron CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .315 1 7
J. Ruiz 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .205 0 0
M. Johnson C 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .235 2 6
M. Garza P 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 1 1
   a-C. Hu PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .323 1 4
   J. Lopez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   R. Lewis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-X. Nady PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .238 5 16
   R. Wolf P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4 4 2 17      
a - C. Hu pinch hit for M. Garza in the 6th
b - X. Nady pinch hit for R. Lewis in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: I. Suzuki 2 , M. Caruso 2 , M. Upton Jr. , J. Mather , M. Negron 2 , M. Johnson
2-out RBI: I. Suzuki , M. Caruso , M. Upton Jr.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Machado 2 , X. Nady
GIDP: M. Upton Jr.
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
OF assists: 2 (Upton Jr.(Byrd at 3rd base), Suzuki(Abreu at home))
COLORADO PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Meiners L (3-4) 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 98 4.73   
A. Arias 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 9.75   
L. Pena 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 8.53   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Meiners 41
Batters Faced: D. Meiners 28, A. Arias 3, L. Pena 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Meiners 10-6, A. Arias 1-1, L. Pena 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Meiners 98-57, A. Arias 12-9, L. Pena 17-11
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Garza W (5-2) 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 79 2.74   
J. Lopez H (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 10.12   
R. Lewis H (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 5.40   
R. Wolf SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Garza 60
Batters Faced: M. Garza 23, J. Lopez 4, R. Lewis 4, R. Wolf 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Garza 5-7, J. Lopez 1-1, R. Lewis 1-0, R. Wolf 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Garza 79-53, J. Lopez 17-11, R. Lewis 21-12, R. Wolf 10-7
Hit Batsmen: M. Garza , R. Lewis
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Matt Garza
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:10 PM CT
Time: 2:35
Attendance: 26547
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